Corner-protector.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904. T. SCHERF.

CORNER- PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.15, 1903.

E5 INVIENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented August 23, 1904.

"UNirnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE SOHERF, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

CORNER- ROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,313, dated August23,1904.

' Application filed December 15, 1903. Serial No. 185,211. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

My invention relates to corner-protectors I such as are commonlyemployed for protecting corners of books and similar objects; and itconsists in the combination, with a metallic shield or shield composedof a hard and substantially non-porous material, of a piece of porousmaterial secured thereto and-provided with an adhesive substance capableof being a dissolved in water.

out the novel features in claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a corner-protector with meanswherebyit may be readily attached to the object which it is intended toprotect.

I will now proceed to describe a protector embodying my inventionandwill then point In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a portion of abook-cover having a protector embodying my invention applied to thecorner thereof. Fig. 2 is a detail face view of the protector removed.Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section of the book-cover and protectorsecured thereto, the plane of section being taken substantially upon theline 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a face view of a protector ofslightly-modified form. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of thesame, the plane of section being taken substantially upon the line 5 5of Fig. 4:.

In the embodiment of -my invention herein illustrated the protectorcomprises a shield formed of a plate 6, two flanges 7 7 and portions 8,connecting the flanges 7 7 with the plate 6. This shield is usually andpreferably made of metal or may be made of any suitable hard andnon-yielding material.

Suitable material for this purpose is invariably substantiallynonrporous. For the latter reason it is almost impossible tosuccessfully employ an adhesive material therewith, because of thedifiiculty of making same stick to the shield. I therefore supply apiece of porous material 9such as bristol-board, fab ric, or thelikewhich I secure to the plate 6 of the shield in such a manner as toleave one side thereof exposed. To this side I apply an adhesivematerial which I allow to dry. The article is then ready for use at anytime by merely moistening the adhesive material and applying it in theordinary manner.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I securethe piece of porous material to the plate 6 of the shield by recessingor offsetting a portion of the 1 plate 6, as at 10, and fitting theporous material thereto.

I may. if desired, punch up a small tongue in the offset or recessedportion 10, as at 11,

to assist in securing the piece of material in place. In Figs. 4 and 5.1have shown a modified form of my device in which several such tongues 11are shown as punched out of the plate 6, but in which-there is norecessed portion. In this form the porous material, which mayconveniently be a piece offabric, will be secured to the plate 6 bymedium of the tongues alone. 1

A protector so formed is an article of man* ufacture complete in itself,which may be sold ready for use; When used, it will only .be necessaryto wet the adhesive material and apply the article in place. The fabric.or other porous material will stick to the bookcover or similar objectand, being secured against movement upon the shield, will securely holdthe protector in place against accidental removal.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide a cheap and efficientprotector which may be readily secured in place without the usualattaching devices and without damaging the object to which it issecured. It will also be understood that while I have shown anddescribed my device as applied to the corner of a book it may equally beemployed for the side edges, if desired, or may constitute a binding allaround the edge of the book-cover. It may also be employed forprotecting the edges or corners of other articles besides books, asdesired.

What I claim is- 1. As an article of manufacture, a protector of theclass described comprising a shield composed of hard and unyieldingmaterial, such as metal, and a lining of porous material securedthereto, the exposed surface of which carries an adhesive material.

2. As an article of manufacture, a protector of the class describedcomprising a metal shield and a lining of porous material securedthereto, the exposed surface of which carries an adhesive material.

3. As an article of manufacture, a protector of the class describedcomprising a metallic shield having an offset portion, a piece of porousmaterial inserted in said offset portion, and adhesive material appliedto the exposed face of the porous material.

4L. As an article of manufacture, a protector 0f the class describedcomprising a metallic shield and a piece of porous material securedthereto by a tongue struck up from the metallic shield, the outer faceof the porous material carrying adhesive material.

itness my hand this 12th day of December, 1903.

THEODORE SCIIERF. Vitnesses:

U. L. HALL, C. F. OAmuNo'roN.

